2004 Death Fred Ebb, lyricist, Caberet, dies at 71 2002 Death Adolph Green, "lyricist, screenwriter", Singin' in the Rain, dies at 86 1998 Death Marshall Barer, lyricist, Once Upon a Mattress, dies at 75 1997 Death Tom Blackburn, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, dies at 71 1993 Event Lyricist Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes 1991 Death Sylvia Fine Kaye, U.S. lyricist/composer, dies at 78 1991 Death Doc Pomus, lyricist 'Save Last Dance for Me', dies at 65 1986 Death Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/lyricist, dies at 81 1984 Death Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84 1984 Death Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76 1983 Death Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86 1954 Birthday Chris Difford, born in Greenwich, London, primary member of band Squeeze, lyricist, singer, record producer, known for songs 'Tempted', 'Black Coffee in Bed' 1950 Birthday Kid Creole, born in the Bronx, New York, born Thomas August Darnell Browder, singer, lyricist, composer, arranger, producer, founder of Kid Creole and the Coconuts 1950 Birthday Bernie Taupin, lyricist, writes with Elton John 1944 Birthday Tim Rice, lyricist, Chess Moves, 1 Night in Bangkok 1943 Death Lorenz Hart, lyricist, dies in NY 1940 Birthday Pete Brown, born in Ashtead, England, poet, lyricist, musical producer, worked with The Battered Ornaments, created Pete Brown & Piblokto! 1939 Birthday Gerry Goffin, Queens, New York, rock lyricist, married Carole King 1934 Birthday Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist, Annie, West Side Story 1933 Birthday Fred Ebb, lyricist, Cabaret 1930 Birthday Stephen Sondheim, born in New York City, lyricist, West Side Story, Company 1930 Death Horst Wessel, German nazi lyricist (Fahne Hoch), dies at 22 1928 Birthday Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist 1928 Birthday Richard Sherman, composer/lyricist, Mary Poppins 1924 Birthday Sheldon Harnick, born in Chicago, lyricist, Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof 1923 Birthday Tom Blackburn, born in Raton, New Mexico, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, wrote lyrics to The Ballad of Davy Crockett 1921 Birthday John Hendricks, lyricist singer, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross 1921 Birthday Hal David, lyricist, Promises Promises-Grammy 1969 1918 Birthday Alan Jay Lerner, lyricist composer, Lerner and Loewe-My Fair Lady 1915 Birthday Ray Evans, born in New York, lyricist, composer, Oscar-winner, worked with Jay Livingston, wrote "Mona Lisa" 1913 Birthday Sammy Cahn, lyricist, 3 Coins in a Fountain 1909 Birthday Johnny Mercer, Savannah, Georgia, lyricist, Moon River, Old Black Magic 1905 Birthday Dorothy Fields, lyricist, I'm in the Mood for Love 1902 Birthday Anton Beuving, lyricist, Ketelbinkie 1898 Birthday E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, Isidore Hochberg, lyricist and librettist 1896 Birthday Ira Gershwin, lyricist, 'S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm 1895 Birthday Oscar Hammerstein II, born in New York City, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers 1893 Birthday Cole Porter, Indiana, composer/lyricist, Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate 1797 Birthday Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist, Schubert, Liszt 1759 Birthday Frederich von Schiller, Germany, poet/lyricist, Ode to Joy 1630 Death Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 1579 Birthday Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
